For those retired....what do you enjoy most?

[bigbull338]

well like some here im self employed cattlemen.retired from the dairy business in 2000 at age 35.because got tired of fighting low milk prices and high input costs.started building a reg beefmaster herd in 2007.so i love seeing each new calf crop and how they grow.

 

[ultrarunner]

You guys are killing me... still have 14 years to full retirement age.

Almost all of my Law Enforcement and Firefighter friends have retired and they do have more coming in retired than I earn...

Like Davro said... What's a pension?

Come to the conclusion is something almost mythical from a time long ago... at least for my family... no one has ever had a pension... we work until we can't and then pass away.

 

[sld]

I'm jealous too. At 49 years old I am planning to retire at 55. Maybe earlier.

I do get tastes of the independence when I take time off from work. It sure is nice to have weekdays to yourself. Can't even imagine having those weekdays to yourself year around!

 

[oosik]

Newbury - you must have received the same kind of financial advice I did. I began saving for retirement with my first job after college. My father lived thru the depression and it obviously left a great impression on him. Whatever, he never let me forget to save for retirement and that nobody was going to support me when, for whatever reason, I quit working. He was almost obsessive on this point and I finally had my wife deal with him on this issue - he wouldn't argue with her. Consequently, while I'm by no mean rich, if I watch my spending I'll be OK.

 

[ultrarunner]

My Grandparents and parents were very much cognizant of the Depression.

My Grandmother made it very real when she would point out homes of neighbors lost back in the 30's

She also didn't approve of Stocks, Credit Cards and living Payday to Payday...

 

[newbury]

Newbury - you must have received the same kind of financial advice I did. I began saving for retirement with my first job after college. My father lived thru the depression and it obviously left a great impression on him. Whatever, he never let me forget to save for retirement and that nobody was going to support me when, for whatever reason, I quit working. He was almost obsessive on this point and I finally had my wife deal with him on this issue - he wouldn't argue with her. Consequently, while I'm by no mean rich, if I watch my spending I'll be OK.

My Grandparents and parents were very much cognizant of the Depression.

My Grandmother made it very real when she would point out homes of neighbors lost back in the 30's

She also didn't approve of Stocks, Credit Cards and living Payday to Payday...

Yes, it was drilled into me DON'T BORROW, PAY AS YOU GO. It took me until traveling with the Army as a civilian before I got a credit card, and that as only because I HAD to. Now today I pay for almost everything with a CC and get "cash back". Of course it's no fee CC and always paid off so no interest charges.

 

[toppop52]

There are times when I feel like a bird==light down here and scratch a bit, then flutter over to another spot and scratch a bit there. Never finishing the original project.

LOL, YEP!

 

[toppop52]

newbury....I define "piddle" as something a puppy does....:laughing: how many of us would use that term to describe our half-done projects....NOT ME !!! I am a PUTTERER !!!!

That's what one uses to place the little white ball in the water, woods, ditch, or anywhere but the cup!

 

[toppop52]

Easy answer. Agitating posters on politically sensitive forums.

:laughing:

 

[JDgreen227]

LOL, YEP!

POSTWHORE ALERT !!! POSTWHORE ALERT !!! :laughing: And as far as golf goes, last time I played was with my so called best friend back about 1991...he told me I swung the club like an old lady....:laughing: